Chapter 89 – 08. Kingdom of Ulstro – Organize and Prepare (4)

‘There’s no need to ruin Serenia’s reputation.’

Even if you have innate mental strength, it is not easy to endure the criticism and gossip around you. It didn’t do a lot of damage at once, but it was like poison to continuously cut the heart.

As with anything, if you can avoid or block it, it’s best to do so. There is an easier way, but I didn’t have to bother her.

Since there are no hot events in the social world lately, Serenia’s case will be talked about for a long time, but if the news about this meeting spreads, it will gradually subside. First of all, the justification for the meeting included a marriage alliance using Marie, and even if it wasn’t, contact with foreign countries always stirred up the social world.

Interest in Viscount Hermain, who had committed an affair, had to be quickly extinguished. Because he’s a no-nonsense family. Social circles basically run on the strength of the family.

Serenia would continue to receive sympathy, but Viscount Hermain would soon have people who would not even remember his name.

Here’s to the incident that Valdes will explode in the kingdom of Ventorino.

By then, it was clear that he wouldn’t be very interested in the disappearance of even one nobleman.

“Haa… Here, are you going to do it?”

Serenia parted her lips, catching her breath.

Because we were lost in thought for a moment, the time we tasted each other’s lips got longer. It was enough time to stimulate her libido her.

“I want to?”

“… I can’t do it now. If I do it now, I don’t think I can stand it.”

As the leader of the knights, of course, she had no choice but to suffer from a lot of work.

The Knights of Pedro are different from the normal Knights, which are literally just armed groups that only need to focus on swordsmanship and command. As the queen’s most faithful sword, they were closely related to politics and power. Even the closest competitors here.

It got better after the knights were established, but since I took over as the leader, there hasn’t been a day that I haven’t been mentally exhausted.

“Call me whenever you want.”

“Huh, yes. …But did you tell Mercy about our relationship?”

A sigh escaped from Valdez’s mouth.

Come to think of it, she couldn’t properly talk about Serenia. He said that there were four of his women in his in the Order, excluding Mercedes, but that was all. Of course, she knew about three of them, but she didn’t know that the other was Serenia.

Mercedes also thought about asking, but she forgot about it because of other matters.

“Come to think of it, are there only 7 women in our kingdom?”

“It’s like that right? But the two are ambiguous. Rather than liking it, it’s because I really needed it.”

“It would be sad if those children heard it.”

“But that’s the truth. Besides, Elsa and Glatt know that well.”

Hearing those words, Serenia thought for a moment.

Two among the demons, and five in the kingdom. Following Valdes’ words, the two were excluded. It was clear that there would be many women in the process of revenge in the future. Elementalist Yueli was already in here, but Valdes didn’t tell her about that part, so she couldn’t figure it out.

‘I need to clean up.’

It was necessary for his women to get together and recognize each other and organize their ranks.

It was understandable that the Demon King was a royal family. No, I had to understand.

Valdes and her had a complicated relationship: rivals, lifesavers to each other, mother and son, succession issues, and lovers. We have been together here for a long, long time of 18 years. No woman, she was sure, could come between these sticky and tenacious fates.

Then what matters is the next location.

She was number two.

Her second lover her, Irena, I never met, but judging from what Valdez had told me, she didn’t seem like the outspoken type. She would need the opinion of her her royal family, the Demon King, but it would be difficult to meet her for a while. First of all, it was necessary to talk to the rest.

“Once… Maybe we need to get together.”

“Among women?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Valdez nodded her head as if it was okay. It was a moment she thought she needed too. He was welcome if he didn’t have to step out.

“I’ll ask if you can.”

“Well… I’ll try.”

He kissed Serenia once more as she clenched her fists and held her in a fighting pose.

“Sigh… ♡ Now, don’t keep kissing me.

“What if I can’t stand it?”

Seeing her glancing at him cutely, Valdes responded with a smirk.

“Yeah…”

Her mouth her, which was about to say something, was soon shut.

Whatever she said, of course, was her loss of her. It was you who had a job, not him. As long as he had come this far, it would not be a problem even if his reputation within the Valdesya Knights got a little bad.

But he himself was different. At that absurdity, Serenia’s eyes her grew sharper and sharper.

“I’m sorry. Don’t be angry.”

“Whoa, your husband has a more playful personality than I thought…”

Pedro’s days and now are very different. It’s hard to believe that the two are the same person. Serenia had only looked after Pedro since she was educated, so she took it for granted.

It wasn’t that she didn’t like her. At that time, the warriors created a serious and heavy atmosphere, so there was no burdensome side. The feeling of seeing a typical old-style aristocrat or priest. Since the Holy Kingdom was the place where the warriors were trained, this was unavoidable.

“Instead, I’ll teach you a sword for the first time in a while.”

“Ah… Woah, welcome!”

Although he became a Master, there were still many strong players on the continent. Also, as you can see by looking at Valdes, this was not the end of her swordsmanship.

Both in terms of swordsmanship and in terms of mana. She still had plenty of room to grow. Because of her job as a knight commander, the amount of time she can train per day is limited. So, what matters is efficiency. The efficiency would be indescribably high if taught by him, who was at a far higher level.

It is unimaginable to throw away the opportunity to become stronger as a swordsman. Her eyes her began to burn with a desire for strength.

“My sword isn’t necessarily everything, but I’ve thought about what you lack, so take note.”

“Yes!”

Master and disciple swapped roles and clashed swords anew.

Returning to her office after the morning meeting, Mercedes threw her body into her chair violently. She could feel Amy’s wide-eyed gaze from today’s life squire, but it didn’t matter.

‘It’s a big deal.’

Her restless mind was expressed through her fingers her, tapping the desk with a thump. It didn’t sound very nice to her, but there was no one to point her out at this spot.

Amy just prayed in her heart that Mercedes ‘heart her would quickly recover.

“… My position is dangerous.”

The words that came out as a reflex started led Amy, and she almost kicked her seat and stood up.

‘Now, seat? Are you talking about the manager? If not… Stand, stand, the heir to the kingdom…?!’

When you think of a position, what usually comes to mind is your job title.

And the only thing Mercedes has is the leader of the Knights of Pedro, or the next queen. If it was the former, there was no way that she, who was familiar with the rumors within the Knights, would not know. She also did n’t have any recent failed missions, so her position as her chief did n’t seem dangerous.

If so, the latter is most likely.

This side, as her ordinary aristocratic son of her, had no way of knowing her. However, she was concerned that she had not yet been formally appointed crown princess. Since a country’s crown princess cannot be the leader of a mere order of knights, this was what Mercedes had begged her queen for.

That means there is still a chance for her second princess her, Marie.

Of course, apart from Marie’s lack of interest in being the Crown Princess, the position Mercedes was talking about was not even her successor’s position hers. It’s just Amy’s misunderstanding.

While Amy was mired in such misunderstandings, Mercedes was troubled by what she considered more important than her crown princess her.

‘How can I capture Bald’s heart more?’

There were four daily participants in the breakfast and meeting, which would normally have been conducted only by the three royal mothers and daughters.

Elza, Glet, Ethylene and even Serenia.

They seem to have nothing in common except that they are women and belong to the Knights of Pedro. Mercedes noticed the common denominator of the three women and was able to realize that this also applies to Serenia.

That she is a member of the Valdes Harem, the women of Valdes.

The meeting, which was held with more than twice the number of people as usual, became a place to talk about the girls’ situation, not the kingdom’s situation. The number of people increased, but the voices did not increase.

Originally weak, Elsa and Glette were too nervous to say anything except to answer questions, except for greetings. Ethylene also did not open its mouth easily. On the contrary, she was quick-witted and knew that the answer here was to keep quiet.

In the end, this meeting was as if only Serenia was added.

From the middle of the meeting, uneasiness developed in Mercedes’ head her.

She felt insecure that maybe she was the least attractive among them.

Excluding Elsa and Glette, the five women who were recognized for their love by Valdés. Information from five people, including her own her, was arbitrarily compared in her head her.

Mercedes said to herself that she wasn’t without confidence, but she was very competitive with her opponents of her, and each of them had their own strengths and charms of her. However, this happened because it was difficult to recall her own her.

‘It’s my first time…!’

She was the first to intermingle with Valdés in the Wool Straw and became her lover after being told that she was in love. The last one was more important than the others.

That they became lovers.

But what happened was that the other women were calling them by names that seemed to have something in common, such as brother, master, and husband. Thanks to this, it felt like their titles were normal as lovers. Just a nickname of Bald, and a nickname of older sister.

In particular, it was her mother her, Queen Beatrice, and the leader of the knights, Serenia, who made her feel the strongest rivalry and jealousy.

As Valdes is revealed to be her Pedro her, the two women, unlike herself, are bound by her strongest bond her.

Maybe because of that, or because she won’t be able to see them for a while if she leaves for Ben Torino, Valdez seems to be paying more attention to them lately.

Valdez took turns spending the night in their bedroom for the two of them, who usually had no time. That said, she was tired the next day, but other than that, she was able to layer herself all night.

‘It’s unfair!’

As such, Mercedes, who was under pressure from various parts, thought that something special was needed on her part her.

Mercedes wonders if there’s anything she can do to strengthen her relationship with Valdez that the other women don’t have. A bottle of hers came up on top of her desk.

“Amy? This is…”

“Hehe, it’s fragrance oil. Recently, fragrance oil is popular in the capital city. They say that it’s good for recovering from fatigue when you wake up with a sigh when your hair is complicated.”

“Enjoyment… Enjoyment….”

She muttered the balm repeatedly like her broken mechanism.

It wasn’t Amy’s aim for her, but Mercedes was able to get her clue her thanks to her. It reminded me of one thing that the two of them were very closely related to, except between her sister and her brother.

“Thank you, Amy.”

“Ah yes!”

Amy’s face brightened in gratitude from the princess.

Thinking of bragging to her fellow servants that the princess uses the perfumed oil of her I gave her, Mercedes thought as she looked at Amy’s back her, who she was so happy.

‘I’ve received it several times, but this time I’ll do it.’

Valdes is a busy body in many ways. If you don’t make an appointment in advance, you may not be able to make an order. Luckily, Valdez wasn’t just sleeping with two ex-wives. She rested her body once a week by sleeping in her own room.

Mercedes said she intended to aim for that day.

Having made up her mind of her, she immediately left her seat and took her steps toward him.